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The pole was then reached, and the business of the Club was there pro- 

 ceeded with— which being ended, the descent was made by the Light Spout (water- 

 fall) and Carding IVIill Valley to the Church Stretton Hotel, where the members 

 partook of an excellent dinner. 



Mr. James Davies (in the absence of Mr. T. Curley), read a learned and 

 exhaustive paper, written by Mr. Curley, on "The remains of extinct animals and 

 British fossil oxen," discovered in engineering works carried out by Mr. Curley in 

 Herefordshire. The paper was listened to with great attention, and a cordial 

 vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Curley for such an interesting paper, also to Mr. 

 Davies for reading it. 



The members then returned home by rail, having spent a very pleasant day. 



The Fifth and last Meeting of the year was held at Hereford, on Thursday, 

 October 7th, after the Fungus Foray in Holme Lacy Park. 



The usual formal business of the Club, including the appointment of the 

 Rev. Augustin Ley as President for the ensuing year, and of the Vice-Presidents, 

 Central and Editorial Committees, having been transacted, a large number of 

 members, with some distinguished visitors, afterwards met at dinner, at the Green 

 Dragon Hotel, to enjoy the usual dish of cooked edible fungi. 



After dinner the toast of "The Queen" was given and very heartily 

 received. 



Dr. Cooke then read an amusing paper on " Mushroom Sauce," which was 

 followed by a very exhaustive and interesting paper by Dr. Bdll on " The New 

 Potato Disease. " 



Mr. C. B. Ploweight also read a well-received paper on "The British 

 Hypomyces. " 



In the evening a soirde was kindly given by Mr. Cam, to which all present 

 at the meeting were invited. 



This brings to a close my account of the year's proceedings of the Club. 

 The year may well be described as an uneventful one, and as lacking in real work 

 in the field. Yet I venture to hope that our meetings have been pleasant and 

 interesting. I think I may say that they have certainly served the purpose of 

 bringing our members together in considerable numbers, and of enabling us to 

 exchange useful ideas and information. I have purposely omitted any reference 

 to the pomological work now being so ably conducted under the auspices of Dr. 

 Bull. The progress and execution of that work must be pre-eminently satisfactory 

 to all the members of the Club. I shall best perform my duty, and consult your 

 wishes, if I leave to Dr. Bull the privilege of giving you a report of the year's 

 progress with that most interesting and valuable work. 



I gladly take this opportunity of suggesting for your consideration the 

 desirability of forming classes at which the inexperienced may attend, and under 

 the guidance and instruction of our more experienced members may acquire a 



